Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Applied Materials Group LLC is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, GRAY, LINDA LAMEY, within a single art unit. Because there is only a single pending office action, GRAY, LINDA LAMEY serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The alignment of a single examiner and a single art unit for the pending matter indicates a very specific and centralized prosecution focus for the company at this time.
For the practitioner, managing a portfolio with a single pending matter allows for a highly concentrated legal strategy. Since the action is confined to the involved art unit, the response can be tailored specifically to the technical standards of that unit. The busiest examiner is the sole decision-maker for this matter, meaning the outcome of the pending office action depends entirely on their interpretation of the Chemistry & Materials field. This streamlined structure reduces the complexity often found in larger portfolios.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, LINDA LAMEY | 1 | 82.6% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814159 | Multilayered nonwoven fabric containing micron fibers, a method of manufacture, an apparatus, and articles made from multilayered nonwoven fabrics | GRAY, LINDA LAMEY | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814159 | Multilayered nonwoven fabric containing micron fibers, a method of manufacture, an apparatus, and articles made from multilayered nonwoven fabrics | GRAY, LINDA LAMEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18814159 | Multilayered nonwoven fabric containing micron fibers, a method of manufacture, an apparatus, and articles made from multilayered nonwoven fabrics | GRAY, LINDA LAMEY | 1745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialApplied Materials Group LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Linda Lamey Gray has the most, with 1 of Applied Materials Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
